collier



W. R. COLLIER.

GUN.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 28. 191s.

' '1,318,357' d Patented 0ot.14,1919.

v1'0 ndftheiinvention a1Ins-f e e ture of r theY kindv 1nent1oned,fincluding' a "lille @barge fgIt Y is Wit hin the province of" theVdisclo-v i sure to improve'fgenerally and to enhance A, ithe" 'utilityof' devices. of that type tol VZ'OQvvhieh the' invention appertains; ff'With, Jhelabove"V and other yobjectscin scribed and y'elairned, it'being understood from the spirit 'of the; invention.'VVV e 'aC@f)inparlyin'grgydravvingst-Y i agenpshaped` base 1l having; a'YVlower,surface 2,'3ftheA piecel of ordnance embodies'aV boss fuseg11.5,'l`he`u'pper Ysurfaceof the, basel;l Aniece -Offf' ltoiprovide astruc# edge of the base "l,Y the'conoavjtyyintheY fvieW,`Whioh willappear asthe descriptioni .1 ,Offth Eggs is Certain t0.ShOOfbaCRWa'dly,v fiproceeds', the invention resides'in the com-jvybinationfand.= arrangeinentv 'of parts and'lin: 25 jthey detailsoffconstruction hereinafter de= Y vafb'arrel'15- or projeotilelreceivingelement,

@changes in:y the precise embodiment of thev invention sh'ovvncan Ybe:madey without fde- Since 1 thebase is?V concavedgit iis, adapted e l ul f J-jt'o; receive/1aWeight,V either for Vthepnrpo'seg; 1 VAFigurelhows inf top planjadeveejf-of anchoring'the base, to the ground, `oronstructed inV accordance With:thelY nven?V g'properly, so thatV theproj` etilemaybe'di's';Y` Y* p A .ohargedgf'i'n fany!TdesiredVdirection.Y Thef. speotivefvievv showing theif towing vlug ;4 and Fig.is a? fragmental, section?` showing. Y

' ..1nv1eW.- f n Y i I 'The'Y base is providedwith'undercutlugs;f1Y l YQiaclo'sed in;Y Figs. 1,2 and', `there is'providedv 'xposed forjdirect'Ycntactlwith l'th-effground,i d; oonveXed as Vvshovvn'at" 'tdperrnitf,thev i: A Vbaseift()fbe hauled-with: equ-alfjfacility Yin Y. all (15lireotio'nsgj Since the outer* surface' loft the; -ff f [baseA flefis,V'coneaved as' shown' atl'2, fthe.' earthnV ff niay :be: bankedppreadily-aboutg the Vbase i' lthe}s'a1ne'..-lpieeeivof'. ordnance,

Wedgeshapedl "blockv 17 is; adaptedytibe lifon Ythe base 1, thefbosscarrying a pin L* e A,

,subjectl matter ofrthis application is snnple Y v5:5*is'K"co ruiected'withv the bosss A projec- ,j

pro"jie'otileV A6V is discharged, fthe-gases *fromV l fthe propellingAcharge 17j Willi Vbe received in i; *base so constructed f'th'at it Amaybe hauledjthe"concavify .of the-ibase@ ndzlmV deflected; v -V n@ anydirectionY over .the ground, lneans be- Iig provided for, Weightingfthebase,` and forf deflectinggrothe g gases from" the' propel-l 7forwardly, away from the operator.` vf'lhe A height offt'her pin 4' Willbe Y dictted'bythef' o size o the f charge.V .7, but iff, l as shown@iii l' Fig; 2,. the pin` proje'otslbeyojndtheupper base will' notfbewithout;functionV as Ya gasii.

defiecting4 '1neans, since, [even 'thouglrthe 1 'Y Y Vchargebe-lexploded Yat the Vend-,of"thepinV '15;k i Y. and abovextheupper "edge oftheV base, sornev since there is -noV laterally,ioperatingdeflectvringmeans present,"rsaving alone thefoon-V l cavitjflZiinxthe base. f Y f.-180--1 Asshovvni Fig. 4, ,the baselL-oarries f ordnancefmay'beconstruetedas desired@[1; V875 f for Vtilting the,Y 'base` iff theWeight located;

vveightgniaygbe earth, rook'oranything'else Which-js .at fhandV andYadapted-Y-{for the end glocatedfgongtheinner surfaoe'orfthe'gbase at Q'i hef.;V upper 'edge' thereof,- there "beinglany 6 fA" :desired number,o pairs of lugs Y1 block l'c'arrying )an eye 18.'adapted toiresertedjibetvveen-the jlugsl6 vofjany pair,

" the vbase in construction andvwell adapted tofreeeive j rough usagoffbeing PQSSblQtO; 30W

structurelin any desired direction, andv there being no wheels, skids orrunners likely to be injured or broken Vby any Jforce insuiicient toVWork Va completey destruction ofthe device. V

Having thus whatV is claimed is Y l. AV Vdevice of theV classdescribed,` com'' rlslno' a base havin a loWer surfaceex-Y posed fordirect contact With the ground and conveXed to permit the base to behauled.With'equaliacility in all directions; and a ,projectile-receivingelement upstandingvfromrthebase, the upper surface on'the basebeinoconcaved to receive an anchoring-'Weightl Y Y Y y 2,'Arrdevice of, the`Vclass described,V com- Gopies of this pxatentma'y be obtained fordescribed the invention; fr

prising a base having a lovver surface exposed for direct contact withthe ground andl conveXed toA permit the base to be vhauled with equalfacility in all directions; Y a :pin on the base; andY a projectileseated fon the pin and carrying a propelling charge,

Y WILLIAM REID COLLIER.

Witnesses: l

W. N. LE SU'EUR,

A. E. VINEX.V

ve 'cents each, v addressing` 1:71711:l i()niniiixsioner` of Y VPatents.Washington, ILC.

